Director ram, you assigned us tremendous staff people and nurtured this. [speaker not understood]. And i know bureaucracy tends to like doing things in formula ways, and you didnt do that. And i think the result is youre getting a very exciting document. Its our hope that this will help future communities plan. There are other communities. There is a Community Gathering a few weeks ago that was focused on sustaining our cultural communities in San Francisco and people were sharing this kind of planning and saying, this is where we need to go. Its not the traditional, heres how you build a big building in this part of town. Its really, how do we sustain the communities that make San Francisco diverse, unique, and wonderful . And we really feel that our document is one of the first. We have a lot to share with you. So that i hope when we come here in september, well get an endorsement, but well also continue to work with you because i think our experiences our learning experience will he
Commend paul lord, steve wirtheim and shelly whose last name i will tangle up terribly, for the incredible collaborative outreach with the community. Its outstanding and they really are to be recognized for that. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is alice kamahatsu and ive been a longtime resident of japantown. And my husband is a minister for [speaker not understood] church of San Francisco which is on laguna street. My family is [speaker not understood] terrace which is a complex. It has a tower for seniors and then town houses that surround that complex. So, ive been there a long time. When we first started to go to the meetings, my kids were in grammar school. Now theyre in college and my oldest daughter has graduated from college. So, it has been a long journey for all of us, but im glad that we are back here. I fully endorse the documents that have been set before you. And i know that september is just around the corner. So, please take a look at it clo
Touch stone to look at future proposals against. And i really at this time want to ask the Planning Commission to when you consider proposals for the japantown area to recognize the consistency and the efforts behind drafting that vision, goals, objectives. The effort, the vision, and the consistency of purpose that has been shown across the Community Participation from the beginning of the 2007 plan which was when i first got involved. Finally, i really want to commend paul lord, steve wirtheim and shelly whose last name i will tangle up terribly, for the incredible collaborative outreach with the community. Its outstanding and they really are to be recognized for that. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, commissioners. My name is alice kamahatsu and ive been a longtime resident of japantown. And my husband is a minister for [speaker not understood] church of San Francisco which is on laguna street. My family is [speaker not understood] terrace which is a complex. It has a tower for